Rome Tevere NSc. 1888 no. 5

Obverse: Woman standing left holding cloth over her head in an arch.
Reverse: Lion springing right.

Physical Description

  • Measurements

    • Diameter: 14
  • Shape: circle

Typological Description

Source: TURS 2149

  • Object Type: Token

  • Date Range

    • From Date: 1 AD
    • To Date: 300 AD
  • Manufacture: Cast
  • Material: Lead
  • Shape: circle

  • Geographic

Findspot Description

  • Findspot

    • Description: Rome, Tevere. Tokens emerging from works along the Tiber river in Rome in the 19th century.
    • Findspot: Rome (Italy)

    • Point

      • Coordinates: 41.891775, 12.486137

References

Notes

  • Note: The description in NSc. labels the animal a tiger, but no such type exists in Rostovtzeff's corpus. This is the closest type match. The NSc. 1888 reports 11 examples of this type were found, made 'from different dies'.

Rights

  • CopyrightHolder: University of Warwick